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Species Plataea calcaria - Hodges#6921

Plataea calcaria Plataea calcaria Moth B 12.17.18 - Plataea calcaria Moth B 12.17.18 - Plataea calcaria Moth A 5.15.19 - Plataea calcaria Plataea sp? - Plataea calcaria Plataea calcaria - male
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)
Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)
Subfamily Ennominae
Tribe Ourapterygini
Genus Plataea
Species calcaria (Plataea calcaria - Hodges#6921)
Hodges Number
6921
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Plataea calcaria (Pearsall, 1911) (1)
Apricrena calcaria Pearsall, 1911
Synonyms
Plataea triangularia Barnes & McDunnough, 1916
Plataea dulcinia Dyar, 1923
Size
Rindge (1976) reported the forewing length. (1)
♂ 10-15 mm.
♀ 12-18 mm.
Identification
The sexes are dimorphic in color and pattern. (1)
Rindge (1976) revised description in PDF. (1)
Range
Rindge (1976) reported the range to include southeastern California to Nevada and Baja California. (1)
Season
Rindge (1976) reported the flight period as October to June. (1)
Food
Rindge (1976) reported the host was unknown. (1)
Print References
Rindge, F.H. 1976. A revision of the moth genus Plataea (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). American Museum of Natural History Novitates 2595. p. 9; figs. 3-6, 9, 29, 42. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the moth genus Plataea (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)
Frederick H. Rindge. 1976. American Museum of Natural History Novitates 2595: 1-27.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 March, 2014 - 8:53am
Last updated 5 April, 2014 - 12:36am

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